Daniel bridges letter to AP

In my Amateur Photographer that just fell through the letter box I read under the letters page
Daniel Bridges letter referring to Jessops David Adams and the Pentax non stocking issue..
It makes good reading.
Well done Daniel. You made it and just below the letter of the week.
Also in the mag is talk of Pentax bringing out a medium format digital, magic to a few Pentax users ears.

Yeay! Will have to have a look next time I'm in WHSmith. I wonder if they cut it much.

Anyway, I noticed on the Pentax website that the DA*16-50mm (sorry, I mean the smc 16-50mm F2.8 ED AL (IF) DA* SDM :lol got the AP 'Zoom lens of the year' award in their 2009 lists. I thought someone on here might have mentioned it.

Dan

It was a great moment when it was announced at the awards as it was up against some serious competition. The results were under an embargo presumably to keep the 'surprise' element and to help sell magazines, of course!

What was funny was the face of a chap from a rival manufacturer when the result was announced

Back to the rugby...!

I realise that Chris, but that issue's been out for a week now.

You didn't happen to get a pic of that other guy's face, did you?

Dan

I didn't get my copy of the AP with the awards in it until today... I mean, I only advertise in it every week! I also got next weeks with your letter in - I'm glad they had the balls to print it!

No picture sadly!!!

Me too. I am intrigued as to how much they edited out though, did they keep the SRS reference in there?

Original (slightly modified to make sense on my blog), is here: http://www.danielbridge.co.uk/blog/2009/01/jessops-no-longer-selling-pentax.html

Dan

Hi Chris, Give us a clue whos face it was, it can only be one of three, my first guess would be Canon, followed by Tokina, then Nikon, but maybe switch the first two round.
Go on be a Devil Give us a clue.
But then with my luck I could have got it round the wrong way.

congrats on getting the letter published Dan, but not surprising really as it was very well put together.

also very good news about the 16-50, especially with all the bad press that its had.

Sadly not, had a read of it in Waitrose the other night, no mention of SRS. Chopped and changed it a bit but overall not too bad.

Worst thing though is that I'm now apparently from 'Greater London'. The sprawling mass that is London hasn't quite made it here, yet, thankfully.

Dan

Maybe their protecting your identity in case David Adams takes offence and comes round to thump you

PS; also got to read it in my local supermarket today, I did note the lack of reference to SRS